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Ask HN: How to Make Money Blogging?
I have a friend that has a blog that he's really dedicated to. The blog gets about 100K visitors a month, but he doesn't earn a dime on the blog. He would like to, but don't feel comfortable putting ads on the website and he also really hate tracking.
Is it possible to earn money on a blog without ads? Or with ads, yet without turning the blog into one of those smeared in ads from top to bottom?
- alexmingoia 6y agoThere’s three ways: 1) Ads. 2) Affiliate links. Affiliate links work well if your blog is an authority on products, especially for expensive products like musical instruments. 3) Promoting your own product, like an ebook, course, etc. Which monetization method you use depends on how it fits into your blog’s content and audience. Personally, I would do all three to maximize revenue.
- DoreenMichele 6y agoTell him to set up a Patreon (or similar -- it is not the only one) and tip jars (PayPal, Venmo, Stripe). Look up services like Buy Me A Coffee.
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- notoriousarun 6y agoTo grow a successful online blog... > Affiliate marketing... https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Everything-Affiliate-Marketing-Commerce/dp/1733706119?dchild=1&keywords=affiliate+marketing&qid=1613717544&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=amazonpurch08-20&linkId=3318ebcb409727f47641713a36ec72a2&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Everything-Affiliate-Marketin... > Sell Memberships... https://www.amazon.com/Content-Inc-Entrepreneurs-Successful-Businesses/dp/125958965X?dchild=1&keywords=content&qid=1613717606&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=amazonpurch08-20&linkId=fb9384736b67645eeec94d7be98b86f5&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl https://www.amazon.com/Content-Inc-Entrepreneurs-Successful-... > Build a community...https://www.amazon.com/Platform-Strategy-Communities-Networks-Business/dp/1472480244?dchild=1&keywords=power+of+community&qid=1613717813&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=amazonpurch08-20&linkId=484d653c24a0c7ade4dbf878bd453112&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl https://www.amazon.com/Platform-Strategy-Communities-Network...
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- troydavis 6y agoThe scammy thing is that the links contain Amazon affiliate tags -- that is, it's just sleazy attempts to earn affiliate revenue, not even book recommendations as an attempt to be helpful. If they didn't include an affiliate tag, they'd be a little strange but not really a problem.
- dazc 6y agoWhat does your friend do for a living, can he monetize his blog by promoting himself?
- gadders 6y agoIt seems like a lot of people are turning blogs into Newsletters via SubStack or similar. Maybe he could look at that?
- blackcats 6y agoMake a product and link to it
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